Roller skate



Aug. 24, 1926.

A. L. STAPLES ROLLER SKATE Filed June 13, 1925 Patented Aug. 24, 1926.

UNITED STATES ARTHUR L. STAPLES, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR T0\VINCI-IESTER RE- PEATING- ARMS ('10., OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ACORPORATION.

ROLLER SKATE.

Application filed June 13, 1925.

I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings and the characters of reference marked thereon, tobe a full, clear, and'exact description of the same, and which saiddrawings constitute part of this applica tion, and represent, in

Fig. 1 a plan view of a roller-skate constructed in accordance with myinvention.

Fig. 2 a view thereof in front elevation.

Fig. 3 a View thereof, partly in side elevation and partly in vertical,longitudinal section.

Fig. t a detached, perspective view of one of the box-like, sheet-metalhangers.

My invention relates to an improvement in that class of roller-skates inwhich the component parts of their frames are made of sheet-metal, theobject being to produce, at a low cost for manufacture, a skate of thecharacter described, and constructed with particular reference tofewness of parts, convenience and ruggedness in use.

With these ends in View, my invention consists in a roller-skatecharacterized by having box-like, sheet-metal hangers formed withintegral, axle-housings interposed between their sloping front and rearwalls.

And by having other details of construction as will be hereinafterdescribed and pointed out in the claims.

For the illustration of my invention, I have shown a skate having asheet-metal toeplate 5, a sheet-metal heel-plate 6, a sheetmetal girder7 by which the said plates are extensibly connected, a heelguard 8,wheels 9, either of metal or of wood, and wheelaxles 10, all of the ofany approved standard construction and not participating in my presentinvention. Such a skate-structure I provide with front and rear,sheet-metal, box-like hangers to which the general reference numerals 11and 12 are applied. These correspond to each parts enumerated beingSerial No. 36,794.

other in construction, and a description of the front hangerwill applyequally to the rear hanger,which is not shown in detail.

The said front hanger 11 is struck up from a single piece of sheet-metaland comprises longitudinal, vertical, parallel sideening-ribs 17 and 18,placed so as to resist any tendency of the housing to be bent to thefront or rear by the heavy thrusts imposed upon this feature of theskate. The said hangers 11 and 12 receive the wheel-axles 10, which arepreferably gripped rigidly in them, the wheels 9 turning upon theprojecting ends of the axles.

The upper edges of the side-walls 13 of the housings are formed withupstanding rivetlugs 19 entering corresponding, suitablylocatedrivet-holes 20 in the heel and toeplates 5 and 6. As shown, the upperedges of the said side-walls are cut away between the rivet-lugs 19, soas to form aligned, rectangular strap-passages 21.

A clamping device 22 of familiar construction is employed for adjustablyconnecting the girder 7. with the toe-plate 5.

I claim:

In a roller-skate, a one-piece, sheet-metal hanger comprisinglongitudinal, verticalside-walls joined by integral, sloping front andrear walls, an integral, transverse axlerear walls, and verticalstiffening-ribs formed at and extending across the respective juncturesof the front and rear walls with the said housing.

. housing at the juncture of the said front and In testimony whereof, Ihave signed this 35 specification.

ARTHUR L. STAPLES.

